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- I. HIRSCH HEARS FOR RENOVATING PRINTER S TYPE Filed Jul 18. 1925 3Sheets-Sheet} ATTORNEY Patented Nov. 23, 1926.

UNITED STATES ISIDORE mason, or new roan, n. v.

MEANS FOR RENOVATING PRINTERS TYPE.

Application filed July 18, 1925. Serial No. 44,499.

My invention is designed to afford adequate means whereby printers typemay be quickly and conveniently manipulated for cleansing purposeswithout disturbing the relative arrangement thereof as distributed tothe .boX compartments of a compositors ordinary case in which theseparate letters of a font of type are segregated in a manner well knownin the art, this being attained ina manner hereinafter fully set forth,and the invention consisting primarily and essentially in the specificcombination, confstruction, and arrangement of component parts andappurtenances of the rotatable 'type-holding and washing apparatus described and claimed, whereby these and other advantageous results areattained.

In the accompanying drawings I illustratea practical embodiment of theessential features of my invention in type cleaning apparatus of thecharacter designated, comprising a plurality of connected trays formedeach with a series of intersticed or reticulated pockets or compartmentscorresponding in number, and relative arrangement to the individual typeboX-com-partments of the compositors case in conjunction with whichtheparticular device is to be used, together withreticulated meansforretaining the types therein, and for rotating the same, as and for thepurpose hereinafter set forth, altogether I do not restrict myself tothe identical form and construction of component parts shown by way ofexemplification herein, since changes may be made in minor details, andequivalent mechanical .exp'edients resorted to, with likeresults, andwithout departing from the spirit and intent of my invention in thisrespect.

.In the drawings- Fig. 1 represents a top view of the open face of atripartite arrangement of washtrays, spread on the fiat, the openingsbetween the walls of therespective pockets ,or type receptaclesof whichcorrespond insize and shape to those of the type. boxes orcornpartmentsof the compositors type casefor "which the tripartitewash-tray is designed; Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the wash-tray,shown in Fig. 1; o i Fig. 3 isa sideelevation, .partly in section onplane of line 3 .3 Fig. 1, representing-the tripartite wash-tray shownin Fig. land Fig. '2, assuperposed on the type'setter case for which,this combination is designed;

Fig. 4, is a top view of the tripartite Washtray shown in Fig. 1, withthe reticulated covers applied thereto;

Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the parts shownin Fig. 4.,

Fig. 6 is an end elevation of the rotative H shaft, showing one of itstraysupporting flanges; Fig. 7 is an end elevation ofrthe parts shown inFigs. 4 and 5,as folded andsecured in closed relationship for rotationin' a suitable tank containing a cleansing solution; H V

Fig. 8 is an 'sometrical view of one of the reticulatedcovers; T' Fig. 9is an isometrical view of the rotative shaft. and its triangulartray-supporting flanges as positioned on 1.011eof 'the tray covers Fig.10 is a view similar to 7 showing aniodification in whichprovision ismade .for a quadruplex combination ofwash-tray sections;

Fig. 11 is a detail view showing a means for lockingthe wash-traystogether around the supporting rotor element.

In all but the last figure of the drawings I have, for convenience ofexemplification, shown my type renovating apparatus as constructed andarranged inaccordance with the form and requirements of a compositorstype casesub-divided byequidistantly positionedtransverse partitionsinto sections in the manner well known in the typographical art, inwhich latter other divisions of the type setters case, as well, forinstance, as the quadruplex. type case indicated as provided for'in Fig.10, rnay be resorted to, it being understood, of course, in thisconnection, that my type-cleansing apparatus may beadapted to therequirements of type cases of any plurality of sub -'divisions as may befound expedient each special form and arrangement of compositors typecase requires a corresponding modification in the construction andarrangement of my type cleansing means. I

Hence the distinctive feature of my invention consists essentially inthe provision of ,subedivisional ,washetrays' corresponding in shape andnumber to the divisions of a compositors type case ofa prescribedformand construction, in conjunction with closure means for saidwash-trays,.and rotative .means provided .with lwash tray supportingmeans, adapting the washer to the iequireinents of a particulararrangement of type-setters case.

Each wash-tray T, is formed with a series of pockets or type receptaclesIf, t, the entrances to which (indicated particularlyun Fig. 1 of thedrawings) correspond in size and shape to the type-box compartments 0 ofa compositors case C A In the tripartite sectional combination ofwash-tray T, shown in the drawings, the outer foldable sections arehincedly connected to the inner medial section by pintle rod 79, 77,extending through eye-knuckle flanges it, provided for the purpose onthe conjunctive edges of the trays, the latter also being formed ontheir narrower end edges with eye-knuckle flanges Z0 for the reception,upon occasion, of longitudinal bolt rods 6, Z), by means of which thesaid washtray sections T may be temporarily locked in extended positionand co-relationship, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3, when it is desired tosuperpose the tripartite trays upon a compositors type case C, asindicated in Fig. 3. When thus superposed and clamped together, thistemporary combination of wash-tray T and type case C, is reversed,resulting in the transfer of the types from the box-compartments 0, inthe case C, to the corresponding and coincident type pockets in t, inthe wash-tray section T,

. after which the case C, is disconnected and removed from thewash-trays sections.

The type receptacles or pockets t, in the wash-tray T, are deeper and ofgreater in ternal area and capacity than the corre sponding typeboxcompartments c, in the compositors caseC, so as to afford ample roomfor freedom of movement of the types in the pockets during the rotativecleansing operation; and the sides and end walls of said pockets arereticulated to admit of the passage of a cleansing liquid.

After the disconnection and removal of thecompositors type case C, formthe tray sections, as above stated, the long bolt rods 6, b, arewithdrawn, and the recticulated covers A positioned over the otherwiseopen faces of the trays T, and secured thereto by shorter bolts rods 6 6inserted in the end eye-knuckles 76 of the wash-trays T, and in theintervening endeye-knucklesc, a, of the reticulated covers A, A, asshown more particularly in Figs. 5 and 7 and 10 of the drawings.

Rigidity attached to the outer side of one of the reticulated covers A,are the angular flange-s r, r, of the rotor shaft R. In the tripartitecombination of wash-trays illustrated in all figures of the drawingsexcept Fig. 10, the rotor element R, r, r, r, is thus mounted on themedial cover, although this is not material, since said motor elementmight be so mounted on either of the other covers with like result inthat the coven in any case are foldable as related to each other againstthe angular 'ash-tray' supporting flanges r, 1', of the rotor shaftdi.hen thus folded over the said supporting flanges r, of the rotor R, thet ys are locked thereagainst by means of bifurcated lock pins L, asindicated more particularly in Fig. l]. of the drawings, the parallelarms of the lock pins Z being inserted in tabular sockets s, s, integralwith the side flanges t", 25*, of the end Wash-trays, said sockets S, S,being shown in solid lines in Figs. 2 and 3 in dotted lines in Fig. 1 ofthe drawings.

Thus assembled upon and secured .to the rotor element R, my typecleansing apparatus, as a unit, is designed to be so mounted upon and insuch relation to, a tank containing av suitable cleansing liquid thatthe rotation of said unit, by means of a suitable mechanical expedient,which insures the immersion, successively, of the wash-trays T, andhence the agitation and. cleansing of the types in the pockets t,thereof.

At the conclusion of the washing operation the sectional wash-trays areopened up, the rotor R, and cover A, detached and removed, and with thewash-trays againextended on the flat, as in Fig. 1, the compositors typecase C, is superposed uponand clamped thereto, when the reversalof thewash-trays and compositors case (thus temporarily reunited) into therelative positions shown in Fig. 3, lnsures the return of the washedtypes to their respective boxcompartments in-said compositors type case.

The disconnection and removal of the inverted wash-trays from the t pecase then. leaves the cleared type, practlcally as good as new, in itsoriginal relative character arrangement with the case.

Thus by the use of my type washing apparatus as herein set forth, notonly. the faces, but also other portions of the inclividua-l types arecleansed and renovated in such manner as to restore them substantiallyto their original state and condition as before use, so that prints madetherefrom will be clean, clear and perfect, -eliminating the effects ofoff feet conditions incidental to the use of dirty type, as will bereadily understood by those conversant, practically, with the art oftypography, and thus obviating the former necessity for discarding oldtype fonts, and their replacement by new fonts,an expensive expedient ascompared with my system of type renovation.

It is to be understood that by the terms reticulated as herein used, Imean to include intersticed or foraminulous structures of any process ofrenovation is that the type is thereby restored to its original sanitarycondition, so that its manipulation may be effected Without danger tothe compositor.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. Type cleaning apparatus of the character designated comprising aplurality of hingedly connected wash-trays each formed with a series ofreticulated angular type pockets, reticulated covers detachablyconnected with said waslrtrays, and a rotatable shaft formed withangular flange supports for said trays, together with means for securingthe latter thereto, substantially in the manner and for the purpose setforth.

2. Type cleaning apparatus of the character designated, comprising threehingedly connected wash trays each formed with a series of reticulatedangular type pockets, reticulated covers detachably connected with saidtype trays and a rotatable shaft formed with triangular flange supportsfor the said Wash-trays, together with means for securing the latterthereto, substantially in the manner and for the purpose set forth.

ISIDORE mason.

